“It’s like when you were younger—well, this is for boys—you know, when you’re younger you say, ‘I don’t want to take a bath.’ You say, ‘No, I’ll never to take a bath.’ Why would you want to take a bath, well, you have to take a bath, clean, da da, da. You say, ‘But isn’t there a better way?’ So we had to take baths, right. Or showers.”

Jeff Bezos to an employee, as reported in Brad Stone’s new book, which Bezos’s wife does not recommend you buy.

“If you do wear your Google Glasses inside, or film or photograph people without their permission, you will be asked to stop, or leave. And if we ask you to leave, for God’s sake, don’t start yelling about your ‘rights.’ Just shut up and get out before you make things worse.”

“Don’t want to be a pain here, but the price seems high. Not long ago, I had a clean hit done for $80K. Are the prices you quoted the best you can do? I would like this done asap as he is talking about releasing the info on Monday.”